Thread: Reusing Auto Engines.

Originally Posted by longrange308

Picked up my maxima for my new jetboat for $750, still had reg and wof
Gave me all the bits to run it, plus gearbox to cut up for starter mount
And wheels for trailer
Plus I could drive it to test it out

Would waste time dicking with manifolds just pick up some aliart ones

That's my thinking. Buy a car and you have everything to start with. There are a lot of these 90's engines that are capable of racking up well over 400,000km. The engines are running good with about 200,000km on the clock but the bodywork is starting to let them down. In all the driving I've done the only failures have been the 2 alternators, 1 starting solenoid, 1 starter, 1 fan belt, 2 engine sensors and heaps of batteries past their prime. There have been zero actual engine failures. Not one failure has caused me not to get home under my own steam.

Mating these engines up to the old Volvo legs seems a good way to go to me. Those old Volvo legs have a great reputation. I picked one up off a Volvo repair agent who switched to Mercury because the Volvo's didn't break down enough.